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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Tremolo
Symphony
Dynamics
Whole-tone scale
2. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Partial
Piano
Form
Sextet
3. The principal note of a triad.
Tablature
Root
Tremolo
Glee
4. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.
March
Rococo
Tuning
Introduction
5. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Serenade
Septet
Neoclassical
Oratorio
6. An important characteristic of the Romantic period. It is a style where the strict tempo is temporarily abandoned for a more emotional tone.
Stretto
Quartet
Rubato
Rigaudon
7. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.
Classicism
Sequence
Madrigal
Ornaments
8. A direction to play lively and fast.
Allegro
Adagio
Contralto
Courante
9. Closing section of a movement.
Recapitulation
Coda
Tone less
Tonal
10. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.
Scordatura
Consonance
Pitch
Finale
11. The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.
Duet
Tessitura
Mezzo
Cadence
12. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.
Vivace
Chord
Sharp
Espressivo
13. A reprise.
Recapitulation
Nonet
Movement
Partita
14. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Refrain
Counterpoint
Medley
Glissando
15. A contrapuntal song written for at least three voices - usually without accompaniment.
Tutti
Impromptu
Madrigal
Triad
16. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Nonet
Partial
Sextet
17. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
Trill
Musette
Tonic
Reed
18. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.
Rigaudon
Verismo
Energico
Development
19. Indicating speed.
Part
Homophony
Tempo
Cadenza
20. To shift to another key.
Modulation
Presto
Stretto
Rigaudon
21. A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition.
Castrato
Minuet
Parody
Cantabile
22. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Orchestration
Expressionism
Beat
Prelude
23. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Stretto
Cavatina
Pitch
Rigaudon
24. A combination of two or more staves on which all the notes are vertically aligned and performed simultaneously in differing registers and instruments.
System
Accelerando
Chorus
Rondo
25. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Tonal
Tonality
Musette
Quadrille
26. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
Song cycle
Cantata
Key signature
Chord
27. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Triad
Development
Falsetto
Neoclassical
28. To shift to another key.
Modulation
March
Intermezzo
Leading note
29. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Grazioso
Fourth
Tutti
Rococo
30. A style of male singing where by partial use of the vocal chords - the voice is able to reach the pitch of a female.
Falsetto
Fourth
Prelude
Refrain
31. The intonation - pitch - and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning - feeling - or attitude of the music.
Quadrille
Glee
Tone
Accessible
32. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played smoothly.
Tuning
Legato
Reed
Dissonance
33. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.
Sonata form
Polytonality
Trill
Rubato
34. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Pitch
Dynamics
Interlude
Opera
35. Includes all twelve notes of an octave.
Triplet
Choir
Chromatic scale
Sharp
36. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Courante
Cadenza
Interval
Concert master
37. Lowest female singing voice.
Gavotte
Oratorio
Contralto
Partita
38. A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance - shown by continuous applause.
Encore
Octet
Presto
Slide
39. A whole note is equal to 2 half notes - 4 quarter notes - 8 eighth notes - etc.
Form
Key
Elegy
Whole note
40. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Hymn
Introduction
Orchestration
Expressionism
41. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
Grazioso
Phrase
Quartet
Tremolo
42. A group of 4 instruments - two violins - a viola - and cello.
Grandioso
String Quartet
Chord
Tremolo
43. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Concert master
Beat
Phrase
Virtuoso
44. A composition written for nine instruments.
Nocturne
Key signature
Song cycle
Nonet
45. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Partial
Resonance
Grazioso
Theme
46. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Adagio
Relative major and minor
Phrase
Interlude
47. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.
Glissando
Tune
Dynamics
Concerto
48. Pertains to tone or tones.
Tonal
Sonatina
Cantabile
Slur
49. The performance of either all instruments of an orchestra or voices in a chorus.
Oratorio
Ensemble
Tutti
Da Capo
50. Direction to performer to play a composition in a brisk - lively - and spirited manner.
Carol
Vivace
Cantata
Gavotte